Rapid Response: Reid Hoffman on Trump's election and what's next
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🗓️ 8 November 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Following Donald Trump’s victory in this week’s US presidential election, Reid Hoffman (a major donor to Vice President Harris’ campaign) is figuring out where business, tech, and his own energy go from here. Hoffman joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to share his reaction to the election and what the outcome means for Silicon Valley, the overall economy, and more. Despite being a vocal critic of Trump, Hoffman is committed to driving US prosperity over the next four years, assuring “we’re all in this boat together”.
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| 0:49.9 | Hey, everyone, it's Bob. Today I'm talking with Reid Hoffman, co-founder at LinkedIn and partner at |
| 0:56.1 | Greylock, about this week's election of Donald Trump as president. Reed's been a vocal critic of |
| 1:02.7 | Trump's, but the day after the election, he posted online about a peaceful transfer of power |
| 1:08.0 | and the hard work of bridging divisions. |
| 1:12.1 | Reid wrote that, quote, |
| 1:15.9 | I hope that the next four years will be our strongest yet. |
| 1:20.2 | Reed and I talk now about what those four years might look like, what the impact will be on Silicon Valley, |
| 1:23.1 | and what business lessons he's taking away from his experience in politics. |
| 1:27.9 | I'm Bob Safian, and this is Rapid Response. |
| 1:37.9 | I'm Bob Safian, and I'm here with Reid Hoffman. |
| 1:41.8 | Reid, thanks for doing this today. |
| 1:43.9 | My pleasure. It's always great to talk |
| 1:47.3 | you, Bob, even in, you know, otherwise difficult weeks. Yeah, so over the past a couple of years, |
| 1:55.4 | you've not been shy about your wariness about Donald Trump as a presidential candidate. You put a lot of money behind |
| 2:02.7 | that effort. You became a public figure in that opposition. Even on election day, you released a video |
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